'Revised city charter to settle land disputes in city'-Domogan
Posted on | Sunday 27 March 2011 | No Comments
By Paul Rillorta
BAGUIO CITY, March 27 – Mayor Mauricio Domogan this week expressed confidence the revised city charter will pass through Senate.
“Accordingly, the 100 year old city charter needs to be updated and revised to conform to the needs of the present time,” Domogan said.
The revised city charter is seen as a starting point in settling land issues specifically the boundary conflict between the Municipality of Tuba and the City of Baguio.
It will also address and minimize squatting problems within the city, Domogan said citing the need to speed up the facilitation of ownership of lands.
Categorically, there are three classifications of lands in the city namely, reservations and government owned properties, private lands (titled properties) and legitimate ancestral lands recognized under Republic Act 8371 Sec. 78 and Alienable and disposable lands which are part of the city’s Townsite Reservation.
Proposed amendment to the city charter only covers alienable and disposable lands which are part of the townsite reservation of the city including ironing out conflicts with the free patent law.
Domogan said "other lands like reservations, government properties and private lands are covered and protected by existing laws’.
The amended city charter will not prejudice pending claims for ancestral lands for as long as it is “a legitimate ancestral land recognized pursuant to section 78 of Republic Act No. 8371 or the ‘Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997," he stressed. *(PR/PIO Baguio City//PIA CAR)
BAGUIO CITY, March 27 – Mayor Mauricio Domogan this week expressed confidence the revised city charter will pass through Senate.
“Accordingly, the 100 year old city charter needs to be updated and revised to conform to the needs of the present time,” Domogan said.
The revised city charter is seen as a starting point in settling land issues specifically the boundary conflict between the Municipality of Tuba and the City of Baguio.
It will also address and minimize squatting problems within the city, Domogan said citing the need to speed up the facilitation of ownership of lands.
Categorically, there are three classifications of lands in the city namely, reservations and government owned properties, private lands (titled properties) and legitimate ancestral lands recognized under Republic Act 8371 Sec. 78 and Alienable and disposable lands which are part of the city’s Townsite Reservation.
Proposed amendment to the city charter only covers alienable and disposable lands which are part of the townsite reservation of the city including ironing out conflicts with the free patent law.
Domogan said "other lands like reservations, government properties and private lands are covered and protected by existing laws’.
The amended city charter will not prejudice pending claims for ancestral lands for as long as it is “a legitimate ancestral land recognized pursuant to section 78 of Republic Act No. 8371 or the ‘Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997," he stressed. *(PR/PIO Baguio City//PIA CAR)
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